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Here's a list of discussion points for the session on scientific cultures. Please feel free to add to this list:

• What is a scientific culture? On what kinds of characteristics do sciences differ?
• What are the origins of different scientific cultures?
  • Characteristics of the domain? i.e., the scientific problems
  • History of the domain? i.e., how did the field come to be what it is
  • Resources available for the domain?
  • Other factors?
• What specific problems do different research approaches pose?
  • In how the work is organized
  • In what tools can support the work
• What issues are raised when work is conducted in multidiscplinary collaborations?
  • How "multi" can multidisciplinary be to be effective?
  • What incentives drive multidisciplinary work?
• How can we ensure that researchers engaging with e-Research get RAE-able publications out of their investment?
• The institutional context. In the past, research has been conducted according to certain conventions based on where it is done at a number of levels: research team, department, institution etc. What implications does e-science have for these conventions, and how can/should it change ways of thinking of scientific cultures about the institutional basis of research?

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